Can't believe I haven't yelled into the bsky void about one of my fav independent media newsletters: @unrigged.bsky.social. This collection goes beyond the news cycle and helps me see broader trends unfolding across the country, province. Makes me better at my job and a better member of society.

Canada needs an independent podcast community. Challenge right-wing and corporate media - support Harbinger’s winter 2026 fundraising campaign at harbingermedianetwork.com/join/ 🔶️

Sur un nouveau émission de @pivot.quebec's 🌿LE PLANCHER DES VACHES🌿 le team abordent les dernières déclarations incendiaires de Paul St-Pierre Plamondon et le dilemme des travaillistes au Royaume-Uni (avant l’affaire Epstein). pivot.quebec/2026/02/03/e...

On a new episode of @broadbent.bsky.social's 🌅PERSPECTIVES🌅 host Dave McGrane introduces Agnes Macphail, the first woman elected to Parliament in 1921, who understood both social democracy & feminism as essential to building a more democratic and equal society perspectivesjournal.ca/agnes-macpha...

On a new 🥇THE END OF SPORT 🥇 Jules Boykoff explores the political implications of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, the role of the IOC, sportswashing, the impact of geopolitical tensions on athletes and the growing activism against the Olympics. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t... 🔶

What 3 new podcasts will join Harbinger's cross-country community next week? ➡️ a french language series on the rise of fascism in Canada ➡️ a queer culture show ➡️ a podcast bringing a global perspective to discussions about religion, politics, and sexuality Watch this space for more info Wednesday💕

My preliminary take on the new stats on federal job job cuts . Which depts and services could be hit hardest? There's plenty more analysis to come @policyalternatives.ca

EXPLAINER: The significance of The Narwhal & Amber Bracken v. Attorney General of Canada et al. press freedom case.

At the presser now about the arrest of nine police officers, the first question from media referenced the Umar Zameer case. Zameer was acquitted 20 months ago and police promised an investigation, including into possible police collusion. We're still waiting for that investigation.

A great piece from @titocurtis.bsky.social at @therovermedia.bsky.social on union busting at McGill: therover.ca/mcgill-spent...

"The Manitoba government’s efforts to phase out for-profit staffing agencies is the right move. For-profit staffing agencies create a cycle of parasitic dependence by hollowing out the public sector workforce." @alonghurst.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca #mbpoli healthydebate.ca/2026/02/topi...

Alberta is “the first province to legislate two‑tier health care and private health insurance for medically necessary services,” warning it could mark “the end of Canadian medicare as we know it” if other provinces follow. @alonghurst.bsky.social @reecca.bsky.social www.hcamag.com/ca/specializ...

Here's Doug Ford's surprising voicemail message to a public servant who expressed concerns about the Ontario government's return to the office policy: “You don’t like it, go get another job” pressprogress.ca/public-serva...

Kicking off our first issue of the year, Punch Up Collective offers us five concrete ways to take a more intentional approach to building up our organizing infrastructure.

Refugees fleeing war, persecution, and climate disasters now face new fees for prescriptions and essential therapies in Canada. As a doctor, writes @yipengge.bsky.social these cuts will harm patients and strain our health-care system. breachmedia.ca/as-a-doctor-...

WATCH: Justin Brake's Feb. 3 report for The Independent and @ricochetmedia.bsky.social on the Narwhal/Amber Bracken v. RCMP #pressfreedom case at the BC Supreme Court in Vancouver. www.tiktok.com/@independent...

“Journalists are civilians under international humanitarian law, and targeting them is a war crime — but Honest Reporting Canada routinely celebrates these strikes.” @jsource.bsky.social j-source.ca/honestreport...

My Feb. 3 update on the Narwhal v. RCMP #pressfreedom case in Vancouver. On Tuesday, and for the rest of this week, the court will be hearing from RCMP officers involved in the raid of the tiny house at Coyote Camp in unceded Wet'suwet'en territory. #cdnmedia

BALADO | Cette semaine, Gabrielle, Ludvic et Isaac abordent les dernières déclarations incendiaires de Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, le dilemme des travaillistes au Royaume-Uni (avant l’affaire Epstein) et du procès du Premier ministre d’Ousmane Sonko. Écoutez en entier 👇 pivot.quebec/2026/02/03/e...

“The fact that we do live next to the largest private health care insurance market in the world, the largest private, for-profit health care provider market in the world, is reason to take these issues very seriously,” @alonghurst.bsky.social said. #cdnpoli reddeeradvocate.com/2026/02/03/a...

⚒️Plus que quelques jours avant le lancement du no 106! Mardi 10 février à 18h30 à la librairie n'était-ce pas l'été (6792 boulevard Saint-Laurent, H2S 3C7, Montréal). Coordination du dossier : Valérie Beauchamp et Mélanie Ederer. Photos : Rachel Cheng (鄭凱瑤) Toutes les infos ici : surl.lt/ciirzu

OPINION | « Pour en finir avec une technologie policière qui sert d’abord à incriminer les civils. » La chronique d'Alexandre Popovic 👇 pivot.quebec/2026/02...

"Failure to mount a serious response to this harassment, and the deference some newsrooms show to the pressure, represents a serious threat to the public perception and practice of journalism at a critical moment." A comprehensive look at the tyranny of Honest Reporting: j-source.ca/honestreport...

While Poilievre and his MPs talked up being the “party of Canadian workers,” the Conservative's new top council shows other priorities. Our analysis shows half the council are recent or active lobbyists for oil & gas, Big Tech, telecoms and pharma giants. breachmedia.ca/pierre-poili...

Very excited to announce that our book "Mobilizing Data for Justice" is now available for pre-order with @btlbooks.com. We interviewed a bunch of folks about how they engage with data in social justice struggles and we share some of their strategies here.

NEW: With the gutting of The Washington Post, we've entered a major change in the news media landscape. Large outlets are either die slowly or are funded explicitly to propagandize from the right. Despite fear mongering about a "free press" dying only in dictatorships, the culprits are capitalists.

Bell Media layoffs include 11 journalists, among them five newly unionized CTV National News members from Unifor Local 79-M in Toronto, as well as journalists in North Bay, Ont., Halifax, and Calgary:

New story in The Grind. Amjad Ramadan, a 52-year-old Palestinian-Canadian, is suing his former employer for wrongful dismissal after he was abruptly terminated for speaking out for Palestine. "There is a campaign to silence us," he told me. @thegrindto.bsky.social

NEW: Palestinian-Canadian engineer Amjad Ramadan is suing his former employer, NTN Canada. He was fired soon after a video clip circulated of him protesting outside an Indigo bookstore in the GTA. By @rdassaly.bsky.social.

A public servant texted Doug Ford's number to express concern with his government's return-to-office mandate. They received a voicemail suggesting they "go get another job." pressprogress.ca/public-serva...

OPINION | « J’ai voté OUI en 1995, sans avoir entendu parler de laïcité ou du genre des toilettes. Même après la maudite phrase de Jacques Parizeau, on ne discutait pas d’Islam, de femmes portant l’hidjab, ni de transidentités. » La chronique de Francis Dupuis-Déri 👇 pivot.quebec/2026/02...

got a shoutout in @restofworld.org for my guide to help you get off US tech! article: restofworld.org/2026/big-tec... my guide: disconnect.blog/getting-off-...

Ontario is expanding private surgical care while hospitals struggle with staffing levels and patient loads. By @alonghurst.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca #onpoli camrosevoice.ca/health/priva...

An Alberta county is apparently violating the Recall Act in order to assist the separatist petition and no, which county it is will absolutely not surprise you.

"The coal industry hired at least 14 government insiders to lobby for favourable policy changes, records show."

A number of legislative and policy reforms in the 2000s aimed to increase private investment into the long-term care and assisted-living sectors, said @alonghurst.bsky.social, “We ended up with a very destabilized workforce.” #canlab @policyalternatives.ca www.biv.com/news/real-es...

I'll be in Vancouver all week reporting on this landmark case for #pressfreedom in Canada. Sign up for @independentnl.bsky.social & @ricochetmedia.bsky.social's free newsletters and be notified when we publish articles about the case.

WATCH: Justin Brake reports from Vancouver on the Narwhal/Amber Bracken v. RCMP press freedom case at the BC Supreme Court. Follow @independentnl.bsky.social & @ricochetmedia.bsky.social for updates on the case. #pressfreedom #cdnmedia www.tiktok.com/@independent...

TODAY don't miss Unrigged tabling at LE GRAND DÉBREF in Montreal happening at 2515 rue Delisle (near metro Lionel-Groulx) from 11-5 see you there 💫

TODAY don't miss Unrigged tabling at LE GRAND DÉBREF happening at 2515 rue Delisle (near metro Lionel-Groulx) from 11-5 see you there 💫

“Rath immediately became defensive at the mention of the movement’s coziness with the United States.” @pressprogress.ca pressprogress.ca/alberta-sepa...

Alberta separatists kicked us out of their event after asking about American support. “It’s not coziness. We have mutual interests." pressprogress.ca/alberta-sepa...

I got tossed out of an Alberta separatist celebration this week after asking the organizer about his group's weird US ties pressprogress.ca/alberta-sepa...

Calgary Stampede security ejected PressProgress Alberta reporter @stephenmag.bsky.social after Alberta separatist leader Jeffrey Rath walked out of an interview Stephen had questioned Rath's claim that Mark Carney was "threatening war on the United States" and invoked "Article 5 of the NATO treaty"

Finally, in conjunction with @breachmedia.ca, my article on 'zombie injunctions', the first piece of a broader research project on anti-protest injunctions and the limits of access to justice breachmedia.ca/police-using...

To teach today is to choose sides: between memory and amnesia, democracy and authoritarianism, justice and organized forgetting. The future will be shaped not only by those who wield power, but by those who decide whether education remains a force for critical consciousness and democracy.

Where did this LNG announcement come from and what does it mean for the future of Fermeuse and Newfoundland's Southern Shore? #LNG #Fermeuse #nlpoli Read the full analysis from Eric Devine, Grace Fitzpatrick, Seamus MacKenzie & Angela Carter 👇 theindependent.ca/commentary/a...

Minnesotans have put their lives on the line to defend their neighbours and their democracy. They have set the standard for what it means to resist authoritarianism. By @peggynash.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca #resist #democracy #cdpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

From ambient escapes to invigorated hip-hop throwbacks, spruce up your winter playlist with new picks from the music heads at @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social. Featuring Aquakulture, Nick Schofield, Chiquita Magic and more.

The real alternative to today’s failing order is not new export markets or cleaner extraction, but economies organized around care, sufficiency, and ecological limits, writes @laurieadkin.bsky.social. Degrowth, redistribution, and local production are essential for survival on a finite planet.